Bereavement and Family Support Officer

Are you passionate about delivering high quality bereavement and family support to patients and their loved ones? Do you have experience in working with bereaved people? We are looking for someone like you to join our amazing Bereavement and Family Support team, working collaborative to make a real difference to the experience of our patients through anticipatory grief support and those that are bereaved in the next steps following death and coping with their grief., Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

We are looking for someone flexible who can adapt to the needs of the service
- The successful applicant will need to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, challenge healthcare professionals and advocate for families where needed
- We are ideally looking for someone with knowledge of death related topics e.g. post mortem consent/organ retention, death registration, funerals, who can support families with these challenging subjects
- A successful applicant needs to be kind and compassionate and have the ability to maintain professional boundaries and nurture positive working relationships

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what's possible for the role and service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
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